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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Almost instinctively downvoted after reading what's gotta be a bot post or a bad joke. Gross.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The great thing about the Internet is that it lets everyone spout off about things they know nothing about.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago
[–] daris 3 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

And that didn't make sense in this case, almost no one pirates games with online multiplayer, even if it has a single-player mode

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

If you ride a bus without a ticket, other passengers will have to pay more because upkeep and salaries are more or less a fixed cost. That is if you can afford the ticket, it's irrelevant otherwise. Also depends on profit margins but I think it explains the point.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

In case anyone actually wants to know a couple of reasons

A) It's not fair that some people pay and some don't. (Of course it's also not fair that some can afford $70 on a video game and some struggle to buy food)

B) If everyone would pay then we'd all only have to pay $50 each, lowering the price for those that are paying $70 at the moment. (Whether developers would lower prices or just make more money is another question)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

So self-delusion?

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